House GOP Passes 2-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut

House GOP Eats Humble Pie, Passes 2-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut CNSnews.com

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) surrounded by reporters after exiting a House vote on the payroll tax cut on Friday December 23, 2011.

After weeks of so-called partisan bickering, the GOP House along with the Democratic-controlled Senate, extended the payroll tax cut extension to 160 million workers along with unemployment benefits to those who are laid off.  After the extension was passed, President Obama and his family finally traveled to Hawaii for his Christmas vacation.  This extension will keep in place a 2 percentage point cut in the payroll tax.  It's a salary boost of about $20 a week for an average worker making $50,000 a year along with preventing laid off workers from losing their jobless benefits averaging $300 a week.  What a deal!  Why just settle for a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut.  How about abolishing the current tax code and drastically revamping it.  This is a joke.  There's no excuse in the amount of tax dollars that's paid to Washington every year when you recognize all the waste and fraud that takes place with our tax dollars.  The reason for these stupid "debates" over the tax-cut extension is because they're all about controlling the American people when it comes to their money.  Congress can't take away enough of our money.  All these partisan squabblings are phony. 

Voters who live in the 8th district in the state of Ohio need to vote out House Speaker John Boehner in next year's election.  Republicans need to find a strong candidate to challenge Boehner next year in the primary.  Boehner is a RINO who does nothing but roll over for Obama.  His loyalties aren't to the American people.  Last year he was putting on a facade when he was crying before Leslie Stahl in a 60 Minutes interview last year stating that he wants young people to have a chance to live the American dream and be successful in their walk of life.  I'm not trying to sound harsh or judgmental toward Boehner but he hasn't stood for the American people in Congress.  He hasn't pushed Congress to defund Obamacare or all the socialist programs from the Obama administration.  He's just a go-along-to-get-along politician.  Boehner's not doing anything in Congress which will help the next few generations of Americans in years to come.  He's part of the problem in Washington.  Next year we need to vote out these Washington politicians in droves in next year's election.

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